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Morning Work-in-Progress: Gym Minotaur!!

Morning Work-in-Progress: Gym Minotaur!! Here’s the first in hopefully a series of new pieces I have planned out that are Street Angel adjacent, i.e. fantasy beefcake…Enjoy!

Queer Icon: Walt Whitman!!

Queer Icon: Walt Whitman!! Here’s a quickie portrait of journalist, poet, naturalist and literary favorite, Mr. Whitman. Isn’t he a cutie??

Art Library: 4 Art Books Going Away!!

Art Library: 4 volumes of my collectable art books will be going out of print at the end of June!! Be sure to pick up copies of Early Works, Comic Art, Motley 2020, & Motley 2021 ($12.99 ea) before they are gone! Collect’em All!! www.blurb.com/user/shanhedg

Queer Icon: Mystique!!

(New Artwork) Queer Icon: Mystique (Raven Darkholme)!! X-Men adjacent, mutant…anti-hero!! Intended to be the first queer & gender fluid character in a major comic company (Marvel). Sadly Chris Claremont was forced to make her to be heavily coded instead. Raven has recently FINALLY being allowed to be themselves and have everything they ever wanted… including getting married to her very long time partner, Destiny!!

LGBTQ Pride Month Artwork!!

LGBTQ Pride: Here’s two pieces I drew for Pride Month (Rainbow Crew & Walk on Down the Line)!! Be Safe, Be Seen and Celebrate!!

Character Design: Revolutionary Girl Utena!!

(New Artwork) Queer Icon: Revolutionary Girl Utena!! My quick sketchbook take on the chivalrous school girl protector who holds back the apocalypse!!

Morning Work-in-Progress: Justified & Ancient!!

Morning Work-in-Progress: Justified & Ancient!! Going back to this piece I started a month ago. It’s been pretty fun!!

Character Design: Northstar!!

Character Design: Northstar!! Just playing around with one of my favorite superheroes. Jean-Paul Beaubier is a member of both Alpha Flight/X-Men, is canonically the first out queer heroes from a major comic company (Marvel), and first to marry within its pages!!